The result was Keep. — Wknight94 ( talk) 13:47, 8 September 2007 (UTC) reply
An unknown band, without sources, nor notability. Jmlk 1 7 11:01, 1 September 2007 (UTC) reply
There are very few of us (I wish there were more) who are concerned with visibility of Russian music for the English-speakers, and suggesting this page for deletion is ludicrous. It is hard enough for any of the Russian-speaking bands to gain popularity in the US due to the language barrier, and now we want to delete any possibility of them being known outside of Russia??? Ani td 02:56, 4 September 2007 (UTC) reply
1. Alastair Gee, Party with a Pop Star, The Moscow Times, May 2, 2007. - This one discusses what their fee is for private concerts- 15,000-20,000 Euros which (according to the article) places them in the same league as Leningrad and Via Gra two groups that have Wikipedia articles.
2. Maria Antonova, What to Do: Be Part of the Benefit, The Moscow Times, May 29, 2007. - This one discusses a concert happening in Moscow benefiting children's cancer charities. It lists Bi-2 as one of the "big names in Russian...pop and rock..." who are participating in the concert. The article mentions Bi-2 as one of the "stars" along with Mumiy Troll.
3. Tiffany Bakker, FOR PETE'S SAKE - WHY MR MURRAY IS GOING GLOBAL - Our man in Moscow, Sunday Telegraph Magazine (Australia), September 24, 2006. - This Australian article discusses a concert in Moscow called "Maxidrom 2006" which in 2005 was headlined by Franz Ferdinand and is "no dud" (meaning you have to be a big name to play there), Bi-2 is mentioned as one of the artists.
4. Yevgeny Sobetsky, Chechen police to drill security ahead of Nov 7 festival, ITAR-TASS News Agency, November 2, 2005. - Discusses the preparations for a rock festival in Chechnya. Bi-2 is listed as one of the "well-known groups" to be playing the festival along with Agata Kristi, Nochniye Snaiperi and others.
As you can see Bi-2 is consistently referred to as a "star" group and plays shows with other Russian groups that all have Wikipedia pages. If this is not enough to keep the article, then I don't know what is. I found these articles by doing a periodicals search through LexisNexis. User:Olegious September 4, 2007 15:01 Pacific
The result was Keep. — Wknight94 ( talk) 13:47, 8 September 2007 (UTC) reply
An unknown band, without sources, nor notability. Jmlk 1 7 11:01, 1 September 2007 (UTC) reply
There are very few of us (I wish there were more) who are concerned with visibility of Russian music for the English-speakers, and suggesting this page for deletion is ludicrous. It is hard enough for any of the Russian-speaking bands to gain popularity in the US due to the language barrier, and now we want to delete any possibility of them being known outside of Russia??? Ani td 02:56, 4 September 2007 (UTC) reply
1. Alastair Gee, Party with a Pop Star, The Moscow Times, May 2, 2007. - This one discusses what their fee is for private concerts- 15,000-20,000 Euros which (according to the article) places them in the same league as Leningrad and Via Gra two groups that have Wikipedia articles.
2. Maria Antonova, What to Do: Be Part of the Benefit, The Moscow Times, May 29, 2007. - This one discusses a concert happening in Moscow benefiting children's cancer charities. It lists Bi-2 as one of the "big names in Russian...pop and rock..." who are participating in the concert. The article mentions Bi-2 as one of the "stars" along with Mumiy Troll.
3. Tiffany Bakker, FOR PETE'S SAKE - WHY MR MURRAY IS GOING GLOBAL - Our man in Moscow, Sunday Telegraph Magazine (Australia), September 24, 2006. - This Australian article discusses a concert in Moscow called "Maxidrom 2006" which in 2005 was headlined by Franz Ferdinand and is "no dud" (meaning you have to be a big name to play there), Bi-2 is mentioned as one of the artists.
4. Yevgeny Sobetsky, Chechen police to drill security ahead of Nov 7 festival, ITAR-TASS News Agency, November 2, 2005. - Discusses the preparations for a rock festival in Chechnya. Bi-2 is listed as one of the "well-known groups" to be playing the festival along with Agata Kristi, Nochniye Snaiperi and others.
As you can see Bi-2 is consistently referred to as a "star" group and plays shows with other Russian groups that all have Wikipedia pages. If this is not enough to keep the article, then I don't know what is. I found these articles by doing a periodicals search through LexisNexis. User:Olegious September 4, 2007 15:01 Pacific